Karol G knew she had a club-ready record when she included "BbY WOW" on her latest album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto. She admitted as much to Rolling Stone in August, expressing her desire for an ...

Our nation celebrated another Reggae Month. February was so designated in 2008. It is an important time on our calendar. We must therefore applaud our leaders, both in government and the music ...

Music studios here, low on frills and high on voltage, are the nerve centers of Jamaica. Anywhere on the island — even in Kingston, a car-loving city that scoffs at public domain — music blares. From ...

FAST-RISING dancehall musician Nutty O, who was endorsed by visiting Nigerian artiste Patoranking last week, continues to strike the right chords and has featured on a Jamaican project. The dancehall ...

A great reggae producer is a master of disguise: able to make listeners unaware that the 10 tunes they've just heard share a single beat. That's because the building block of dancehall and ...

The in-demand Jamaican producer chats with Billboard about his fast-rising riddim and getting Buju Banton's co-sign. By Kyle Denis The year’s most dominant dancehall riddims often emerge during the ...

From the days of rocksteady to the punky reggae crossover of the 70’s and up through jungle and 2-step in the 90’s, London’s dance music scene has always maintained a heavy Jamaican influence. Grime ...

COMPARED to Toronto, the Jamaican community in Montreal is a small one. But according to a top disc jockey in that city, Quebec’s largest city has quietly made strides as a leading reggae market in ...

South Florida is starving for reggae music. Given our proximity to Jamaica, reggae bands should find rich fields of West Indian immigrants within which to flourish. Aside from stumbling upon stacks of ...

Western Standard Time are more than just a big band – although they are indeed a really large band with well over two dozen members on stage at a time. The 25-piece ska orchestra and Skatalites ...

Lenky's handclap-heavy groove soundtracked three major hits in the summer of '03 and helped dancehall cement its U.S. takeover. This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles ...